Our
top ten (plus two) choices of children's poetry books from 2011
Here are twelve of our favourite poetry
books published recently. If you're looking for poetic inspiration or a gift for
friends or family - this could be a good place to start. Orange
Silver Sausage
James Carter and Graham Denton
The Magic Box
Kit Wright
Beware!
Low Flying Rabbits
Roger Stevens
Evidence
of Dragons
Pie Corbett
The
Jumble Book
Roger Stevens
A Million Brilliant Poems
(part one)
Roger Stevens
It's Behind You
Paul Cookson and David Harmer
Michael
Rosen's Book of Bad Things
On
my Way to School I Saw a Dinosaur
Roger Stevens
Razzle
Dazzle
Andy Seed
In
My Sky at Twilight Gaby
Morgan
My
Cat is in Love with my Goldfish
Graham Denton
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Beware!
Low Flying Rabbits Roger Stevens (Macmillan
Children's Books)
In Roger's latest collection you'll find funny poems, sad
poems, silly poems and serious poems from toast toppings, football, loneliness,
brothers and fame to teachers, shouting at the ocean, being brave and snails. Evidence
of Dragons Pie Corbett (Macmillan
Children's Books)
At last Pie's brilliant poems together in one volume for
the first time. A must have book for your poetry collection. XXXX
Orange
Silver Sausage A collection of Poems Without
Rhymes from Zephania to Agard. Compiled by James Carter and Graham Denton
(Walker Books)
As you'd expect from Walker Books - lots of care has been
taken with this book - from it's curved corners to its lovely layouts and illustrations.
A great present and some great poems inside too.
The Magic
Box Kit Wright
(Macmillan Children's Books) Over
two hundred pages and great value. The collected works (more or less) (plus a
few new poems) of that genius of children's poetry - Kit Wright. It's funny, sad,
serious, everything. Everyone in the world should have a copy!!!
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The
Jumble Book
Poems collected by Roger Stevens. Illustrated by
Sarah Nayler (Macmillan Children's Books)
About
one in ten people in the UK are affected by some degree of dyslexia which, in
its severest form, makes ordinary books difficult or impossible to read. As well
as lots of great poems that will be enjoyed by everyone, layout, font and paper
colour have been designed to make the book easy to read for people with dyslexia.
The book is being published in conjunction with Dyslexia Action.
A
Million Brilliant Poems (part one)
Poems chosen by Roger Stevens
(A&C Black)
Roger writes, "I wanted to collect together the very
best children's poems of the last ten years or so. All the really popular ones
in one volume." Poets include Benjamin Zephania, John Hegley, Grace Nichols
and Roger McGough. From very sad to very, very funny. Like it says on the cover
- brilliant! linklink
 
It's
Behind You Monster
Poems by Paul Cookson and David Harmer (Macmillan Children's Books)
A large format book with big, scary
illustrations by Carl Flint. Find out what to do if there's a monster under your
bed, a zombie in the garden or a cyclops at your school. Ideal for boys or young
goths. Michael
Rosen's Big Book of Bad Things
(Puffin Books) Written
in Michael's wonderful prosy poetry style. A return to his best. Nearly two hundred
pages of funny, silly and wise poems. Delve in and discover the delicious dark
side of things, from beasties and balloons to homework. linklink
 
On
My Way To School I Saw a Dinosaur Poems
for younger children by Roger Stevens (A&C Black) Ideal
for infant-school aged children. Silly, serious, sad and funny poems about school.
The verses follow the school year and Frog Class, where Billy's worm causes chaos
and Miss Moss has her patience tested. Razzle
Dazzle Poems
by
Andy Seed (Hands Up Books) Take
a chance on this lesser known children's poet. The book is published by the wonderful
Hands-Up books and deserves to do well. Lots of funny poems, lots of word play.
I enjoyed it very much. It's available on amazon but if it's out of stock, as
small press books often are, it's worth visiting the Hands-Up Books site and ordering
from there. linklink
 
In
My Sky at Twilight. Poems
of Eternal Love. Chosen by Gaby Morgan (Macmillan Children's Books)
This collection of love poems
was initially put together for teenagers, particularly girls - hence the gloomy
cover and twilight reference. But in fact its a very good and wide ranging collection,
suitable for all teenagers and adults too. Including lots of classic love poems
- from Shakespeare, Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Christine Rossetti to Brian
Patten, Wendy Cope and Carol Ann Duffy. A great present for the romantic people
in your life. My
Cat is in Love with the Goldfish
and other loopy love poems (A&C Black)
More love poems, but this time for and
with the emphasis on fun. Includes what happens when frogs don't turn into princes
and a whale falls head over heels in love with a submarine.
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And
finally - if you'd like to buy a poetry book for a grown-up - try this. My favourite
poetry book that I was given last Christmas. Tell Me Lies by Adrian Mitchell.
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